There are several card rarities for you to collect inMagic: The Gathering. It seems like every set adds to this in some way, even if it’s only with an exclusive rarity, but Japanese Showcase cards are a rarity that anyone can get, provided they pick up the right packs.
Japanese Showcase cards are an incredibly vibrant variant of standard cards inMagic: The Gathering. Not all cards have a version in this rarity, but those that do have a unique art style are usually only found in Japanese hobby shops. I think they’re a great card to get if you adore alternate art as I do, but you don’t need to learn a card’s abilities by heart, so you can get and use the Japanese version in your decks.
How to get Japanese Showcase cards inMagic: The Gathering
To get Japanese Showcase cards inMagic: The Gathering, you need to purchase Collector Booster packs from theDuskmourn: House of Horrorset and all the sets released after it. Japanese language Collector Booster packs from these same sets will also include a Japanese Showcase card, though they won’t feature English text.
There are two types of Japanese Showcase cards you can collect. Below, I’ve outlined how to tell the difference so you can keep track of what you get.
The art from these cards has been specially designed by Kogado Agency, a Japanese art agency that’s been running for over 100 years and has worked with Wizards of the Coast on card designs sinceWar of the SparkandDuel Masters. The art style of these cards is one commonly found in Japanese hobby shops, but now it’s present in one of the world’s biggest collectible card games.
TheDuskmourn: House of Horrorset had ten Japanese Showcase cards for players to collect in its Collector Boosters. At the time of writing, Wizards of the Coast hasn’t confirmed the cadence for how many per set it will include. While ten seems like a reasonable number, we’ve had smaller sets, such as theAssassin’s Creedset, that squeezing them into would make the drop rate feel pretty unfair.
